Folding stake-pocket.



E. DONADON & M. M. MATHES.

FOLDING STAKE POCKET.

APPLIUA'LLON FILED JULY 27, 1914.

1,128,181,, Patented Dec. 29, 1914,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELMER DONADON AND MICHAEL M. MATI-IES, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS TO AMERICAN CAR AND FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORA- TION OF.NEW JERSEY.

Application filed July 27. 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ELMER Donavon and MICHAEL M. MATHES, citizens of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Folding Stake-Pockets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,

,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to folding stake pockets for use on railway cars, the essential feature of the device being that it may be swung to a vertical position where it is out of the way of possible injury or interference with other objects, and to a horizontal posi: tion, in which it may be secured to hold a stake.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the device showing the stake engaging portion in its horizontal operative position. Fig. 2 shows the stake engaging portion 1n its vertical or inoperative position. Fig. 3 is a side view looking at the left side of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a side view looking at the right side of Fig. 1.

The object of our invention is to provide a folding stake pocket which may be swung into either horizontal or vertical position, and secured in such position by a lateral shifting of the swinging member relative to the attaching members.

It is a further object of our invention to provide a stake pocket of this description which is very economical, strong and easy to operate.

With the foregoing objects in view, 1t w1ll be understood, by reference to the drawings, that 1 represents suitable brackets which may be attached to the side of the car to form supports for the swinging member 2. These brackets 1, bestseen in Figs. 3 and 4, are bent to form angular seats 5 in winch the lateral portions 6 of the swinging member 2 operate.

The swinging member 2 has ts medial portion bent to form a loop which is adapted to engage a stake to hold it in position. The spacing of the brackets 1, relative to the width of the stake engaging portion, 1s such as to permit a lateral shifting of the swmging member in the brackets, the lateral por- Specification of Letters Patent.

FOLDING STAKE-POCKET.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

Serial No. 853,332.

tions 6 of the swinging member being of suflicient extent to remain in engagement with the brackets upon such shifting movement. Except for one extremity 6 of one of the lateral members 6, such lateral members are round so as to have rotating engagement with the brackets 1. Such extremity 6 is angular and is so formed as to have nonrotating engagement with its cooperating bracket 1 when shifted into engagement therewith by the lateral shifting of the swinging member.

It is believed that the operation of the device is obvious from the foregoing description, from which it will be understood that when the swinging member is in its inoperative or vertical position illustrated in Fig. 2, it may be swung to horizontal position, and then shifted laterally to bring the angular extremity 6 into engagement with the seat of the cooperating bracket, which engagement, as above described, holds the swinging member against rotation relative to the brackets. When in its horizontal position, the swinging member may be simply shifted to its vertical position by moving it laterally to disengagethe angular portion 6 from the bracket, whereupon it will assume a vertical position by force of gravity. The swinging member may be locked in its vertical position by again shifting it so that the extremity 6 will be engaged in the seat of the cooperating bracket.

We are aware that changes and modifications may be made in the device without departing from the scope of what we claim to be our invention, and therefore we do not intend that the invention be limited to the specific form shown.

We claim 1. A folding stake pocket having bracket members adapted for attachment to a car, a swinging member having a portion adapted to engage a stake and axial lateral portions supported in said brackets, said lateral portions having parts thereof adapted for rotative cooperation with said brackets and a part thereof adapted for non-rotative cooperation with one of said brackets, said last mentioned part being movable into and out of engagement with a bracket by a lateral shifting movement of the swinging member relative to the brackets.

2. A stake pocket comprising bracket members adapted for attachment to a car, a 110 swinging member having a portion formed to engage a stake and lateral portions lying in the axis of rotation of the swinging member and engaging said brackets to support the swinging member thereon, apart of said lateral members being adapted for rotative cooperation with a bracket and a part adapted for non-rotative cooperation with a a engage a stake and parts thereof forming I lateral-members disposed in the axis of rotation of the swinging member, portions of said lateral members being roundand. a portion thereof being angular, and brackets adapted for attachment to a car and formed with seats adapted to cooperate with the round and angular parts of'the lateral members.

In testimony whereof We hereunto aifix nesses, this 25th day of July, 1914.

ELMER DONADON. MICHAEL M. MATHES.

Witnesses:

AUG. H. WOBBE, OSCAR HOCHBERG.

our signatures in the presence of two wit- 25 

